SUMMARY:

• A Recognized Expert Specializing in Combining Business Knowledge with Technical Expertise and a Meticulous Skill Set to Create Unique Technical Solutions for Complex Business Challenges
• Analytical and highly adaptable IT professional with in - depth experience enhancing IT operations and improving processes in fast-paced and deadline driven environments. As a contributor, influencer, and strategic leader successfully demonstrate seven years leadership experience and 15 years AS/400 expertise comprising both agile and water-fall methodologies and consistently accomplish business application life cycles including project management for on-shore and off-shore models, analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation whilst utilizing SDLC principles. Align end-user needs with long-term resolutions to complex IT challenges by skillfully driving ground-breaking solutions focused on continuous improvement. Motivate and mentor diverse technical teams to position businesses for scalability and success continually optimizing efficiency and effectiveness.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Project Management
• Business Application Lifecycles
• Agile & Water-Fall Technologies
• Improvement Programs
• Database Administration
• Software Development
• Design & Programming
• Architecture
• Analysis
• Testing
• Technical Support
• Troubleshooting / Resolution
• End-User Training
• SDLC Principles
• Best Practices
• Vendor Relations
• Leadership
• On-Shore | Off-Shore Model

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• iSeries
• AS/400
• RPG
• RPG/400
• RPGLE
• RPG/ILE
• CL/400
• CLLE
• DB2
• SQL
• WRKQRY
• IMPLEMENTER
• TURNOVER
• ALDON
• ROBOT
• HAWKEYE
• COBOL/400
• SYNON/2e
• SWIFT
• SNADS
• JAVA
• VISUAL BASIC
• MQ SERIES
• ERWIN
• ISERIES NAVIGATOR
• VISUAL EXPLAIN
• CQE
• SQE
• ESEND
• Z-MOD
• SEQUEL
• POLK
• GEO CODING
• ROCKET SEAGULL
• CDC
• WEB SERVICES
• ALM
• VERTEX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Established over 100 bill cycles and effectively reflected customer status on invoices, toll usage and taxes in parallel environments by driving bill cycle setup utilizing control tables.
• Utilized Service Debug for batch programs and proficiently executed Service programs.
• Devised and executed cost-effective solutions by expertly identifying risk exposure in application systems.
• Continually accomplished tasks within deadlines and drove both the functional and technical specifications of projects by developing and testing RPG CL code, assessing issues and developing quick-fix maintenance solutions while continually supporting best practices.
• Skillfully oversaw change control aspects of projects by rapidly solving matters and fixing bugs for reporting processes while continually providing exceptional service to business users.

Confidential, Loveland, OH

Technical Lead | Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Effected savings over $100,000 and implemented project two weeks prior to estimated deadline by directing technical and vendor teams and ensuring a smooth transition to the new iSeries system.
• Proficiently identified impending issues and solutions by capably assessing project risks and defining scope creep.
• Skillfully oversaw project lifecycles by driving strategic direction, administering technical processes and promptly resolving technical matters to ensure the timely completion of tasks.
• Drove application system development by analyzing risk exposure and identifying and deploying solutions.
• Executed the IBM Rational Developer by proficiently assessing Power Systems V8.0 (RDP).
• Reduced downtime and enhanced productivity by establishing an innovative process improving level check issues.
• Significantly reduced refresh time by 40% across multiple user environments.
• Established conversion project resulting in minimal impact by effectively creating alpha order number.
• Supported collector process by executing the Rocket Seagull GUI vendor package allowing for the AS/400 and Java development teams being able to effectively streamline changes.
• Further developed skill set by attending TOGAF training.

Confidential, Brenham, TX

DBA | Architect/Project Coordinator | Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Drove developers and users to perform unit and regression testing by establishing effective test environments.
• Significantly improved performance of CQE and SQE utilizing SQL tuning and establishing troubleshooting.
• Ensured smooth workflows within development, testing, support and production environments by developing SQL/CL scripts for various daily DBA tasks.
• Skillfully implemented upgrades, efficiently resolved technical issues, and established innovative solutions by collaborating with database vendors and external support.
• Continually supported data quality and expertly developed data modeling and data dictionary while executing database constraints and SQL stored procedures.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Project Lead | DBA

Responsibilities:

• Established an efficient migration process by skillfully devising a ground-breaking implementation strategy.
• Eradicated manual intervention and drastically reduced conversion time by 30% by designing innovative auto conversion programs and establishing error reporting.
• Awarded the ‘Excellence Award’ for initiating a revolutionary application that used sensitivity data by utilizing encryption technology in iSeries.
• Optimized workflows by establishing new UAT environment for User Groups.

Confidential, Dayton, OH

Senior Analyst | Developer

Responsibilities:

• Created an Address scrubbing programming which successfully resulted addresses being valid 98% of the time when dealing with vendor management.
• Efficiently measured performance parameters for Application programs and Application codes for Live Disaster Recovery Processing System (LDRPS) and successfully empowered the organization with real-time operational insights and custom dashboards.
• Leveraged subject matter expertise by providing technical consulting on various database designs.
• Drove functionality and regression testing for Address Scrubbing software by proficiently creating and executing test strategies and test cases.
• Ensured limited downtime and ongoing system functionality by expertly overseeing application database performance and tuning and swiftly resolving technical database issues.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Senior Developer | Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Skillfully devised innovative product allowing users to edit and browse DBMS tables across databases and various database systems.
• Ensured efficient functionality of products by implementing extensive testing with APPLIED and AMS (SAGITTA) vendors.
• Drove both functional and regression testing processes on Auto policies by implementing rational test tool.
• Further enhanced skill set by assisting with ISO/NAII reporting and rate revisions.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Team Lead | DBA | Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Significantly improved customer productivity and operational efficiencies by proficiently overseeing global design of Foreign Exchange customer acronyms project utilizing remote DDM techniques on AS/400 while complying with SDLC principles.
• Achieved project milestones by ensuring the timely integration into AS400 database including customized and enhanced quality of reports for three locations to include updates to FX system.
• Effected approximate savings of approximately $100,000 and significantly improved operations to include automated and up-to-date reports by capably executing and completing Treasury Conversion project.
• Utilized SDLC principles and adeptly tracked software customization, defects and issues.
• Consistently improved communication and enhanced workflows and resources leveling by identifying and establishing continuous process improvements resulting in personnel being empowered to effectively oversee own tasks with limited supervision.